Upton Sinclair
“Seward’s Folly”
Panama Canal
Boxer Rebellion
Thomas Edison
Andrew Carnegie
Nativists
Square Deal
Imperialism
Lusitania
Boomtowns
Slums
Prohibition
Collective Bargaining
Theodore Roosevelt
M.A.N.I.A.
19th amendment
Transcontinental Railroad
Jacob Riis
Fourteen Points
Wrote The Jungle to expose the corruption in the meatpacking industry
Monopolized the steel industry
When a powerful country establishes empires around the world
The nickname Americans used to describe the purchase of Alaska
Used photography to expose poverty and slums
President Wilson’s plan for world peace
People who oppose immigrants
Roosevelt’s plan to control trusts, conserve natural resources and protect consumers
U.S. President who used the “big stick policy” to protect Latin America
Invented the light bulb and nicknamed the “Wizard of Menlo Park”
British ship torpedoed by German U-boats in 1915
Poorest areas of cities
Completed in 1914, this waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Constructed by the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad companies, it spanned the entire continent
Negotiating process between labor unions and employers
Causes of World War I
In 1900, a nationalist revolt to expel foreigners in China
18th amendment
Quickly populated mining communities
Granted women the right to vote
